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The first encampment of the
Oregon National Guard since 1940
is being held at Camp ClaUop
under command of Maj. Gen.
Thomas E. Rilea, state adjutant
general. The great flood which
made necessary a call of several
companies of guardsmen into
service, and the continuing leth
argy regarding military service,
have duJled the news value of this
encampment. It merits greater
attention and interest on the part
of the press and the public.
The 1940 encampment was one
of unusual interest because it tok
place under the shadow of the
world war. The nations of Europe
had joined in conflict he pre
ceding September Our military
authorities felt certain that the
United States would become in
volved ultimately and began with
a real sense of urgency to prepare
for war. In the fall of 1939 a
vigorous campaign was conducted
to recruit the national guard to
full strength, so the 1940 encamp
ment was the largest ".huh the
ONG had ever held.
The commanding officer was
the late Maj. Gen. George A.
White, state adjutant general, who
also commanded the 41st division.
One with a keen sense of '"public
relations" and of showmanship.
General White invited scores of
public officials and leading citi
zens to witness the grand review
of his troops toward the end of
the encampment. The guard made
an impressive showing, for it was
one of the best-trained outfits in
the country. Later the ONG par
ticipated in war maneuvers at
Fort Ord in California; and on
September 16 was mobilized under
(Continued on editorial page)
Many Return
To Homes in
Flood Areas
PORTLAND. Ore , June 17.-;p)
-Some of the 60,000 people driven
from their homes by the Pacific
northwest's roulti - million dollar
flood began returning today.
The slowly receding rivers, still
miles beyond their normal chan-
rels, prevented any large-scale re
turn.
But several hundred people
moved back to South Kelso, Wash.,
where the dikes had held, and in
the Surnas area of British Colum
bia. The death toll stood at 46 today,
The destroyed town of Vanport
Is still 20 feet deep in water.
The Columbia river continued;
battering weakened levees along )
the last 120 miles of its course.
But the pressure eased enough fo
600 army and 200 navy men to be
recalled from dike work.
The backed-up VN Ulamelte riv
er dropped enough in Portland
proper for clean-up work. Work
men started removing 29,000 sand
bags from downtown streets.
Pumps were draining out Port
land's fkoded Union depot, and
trains may be able to use it again
Saturday.
Anyway, They Didn't
Set the House on Fire
KIRKLAND, Wash , June 17-.F)
Aron Johnson found a new hazard
In keeping chickens today.
He reported to the sheriffs of
fice that burglars locked him in i
the chicken house while he was ,
working in it; then ransacked his
home. By the time he got out
through a small window, the burg
lars, a .22 rifle and an undeterm
ined amount of Jewelry were missing.
Neuner Holds Dewey, Stassen
Need Not File Expense Account
Filing of campaign expense ac
counts will not be required from
Thomas E. Dewey and Harold E.
Etaasen, who competed in Oregon's
May primary election for republi
can presidential preference, At
torney General George Neuner
ruled Thursday. He wrote Sec
retary of State Earl T. Newbry
that, the state corrupt practices
act could not be construed to in-
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
T m ifrid your Uthtr nttd$
Olssses thjft th third tin
todty At'j missed."
"IV.:
i NINETY-EIGHTH YEAH
Blazing
Hits Wire
In Trying
To Land
MT. CARMEL. Pa June M-(JT)
A fou,r-engine United Airlines J
plane hit a power line and dis-
integrated in flames today, killing :
all 43 persons aboard.
Among passengers on the coast- ,
;o-coat DC-6 plane were tan
Carroll, famous theatrical pro
ducer. Mrs. Jack Oakie, divorced
wife of the film comedian; Actress
Bervl Wallace and two infants.
DC-6 planes were ordered out
of the air after a fatal crackup
in Uth a near-wreck in New
, Mexico last year. The planes were
allowed back in the air last March
15 after being grounded for five
months.
Rams into Transformer
The ill-fated ship, flying 30 feet
off the ground in clear weather,
was attempting an emergency
landing after one of the motors
caug! t fire. It rammed into a
transformer on the high tension
wire at 12:41 p.m . Eastern Stand
ard Time.
Harry Stibitz said he was stand
ing about 50 feet from the power
line when the plane struck it.
"I turned to look up." he said,
"and saw a mass of fire, explo-
; nons. plane wreckage and bodies
' hurling through the air."
"Flam5 and smoke flew about
90 feet in the air. The whole
i scene locked like a living hell."
Two and a half hours after the
crash. Coroner John Evans said
16 bodies had been recovered.
"We don't expect to get any
more," he added.
BarsU into Flames
State police said the plane burst
into flatnes after hitting the wire
which carried 60,000 volts and then
i caroomed 200 feet into a hillside.
They said the pilot. Captain
George Warner, jr.", of Westmont,
111., was attempting to pancake
the plane on a long, wide smooth
bed of coal dirt.
The toll of 43 has been exceed
ed by only three other crashes in
domestic
air history.
Illness Halts
'Honeymoon
To South Seas
LONG BEACH, Calif., June 17-fTpi-For
nearly 20 years Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Lewis of Salem, Ore.,
had dreamed about the second
honeymoon that was to be theirs
one day. It was to be a voyage to
Hawaii and other Pacific islands.
They started out last Wednesday
on their auxiliary yacht. Today
they were back in port again, be
cause Mrs. Lewis at sea had de
veloped a serious throat infection,
and there was no doctor aboard.
Mrs. Lewis said:
"We'll start again as soon as I
get this cleared up."
The Lewises were accompanied
by their daughter, Juatine, 12, her
friend, Nancy Fox, 13, and Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Notdurft, also of Sa
lem. The Notdurfts have returned
to Salem.
elude the two as
the legal sense.
'candidates" in
Also during the day, a second ap- ,
;al for demanding expense filings ,
peal
by Dewey and Stassen was re
ceived by Newbry from Monroe
Sweerland, Newport, democratic
national committeeman - e 1 e c t.
Sweetland wrote that the conse
quences for not filing might be
grave and that under the corrupt
practices act the names of both
might be barred from the Novem
ber ballot in this state.
Neuner said the supreme court
of this state has held that the
word "candidate", as used in the
Australian ballot law, has a limited
meaning distinguished from the
usual and common use of the word.
"Applying the language of the
supreme court to Xhe facts under
consideration,? Neuner wrote,
"must result in 4he conclusion that
in the recent primary election the
names of Dewey and Stassen were
not printed on the official ballot
for- public office nor were they
presented for public office.
"The only purpose of the vote In
so far as those men are concerned,
was to the end that the delegates
elected to represent their party t
the republican national convention
would be advised as to the wishes
of their constituents. The result of
the election was not, nor could it
be, to either nominate or elect such
parties to public office nor as a
result thereof, have either been
nominated aa a republican candi
date or otherwise."
The advice was asked by Secre
tary of State Newbry, in whose of
fice expense accounts under the
corrupt practical law arc filed.
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Heading the government of the Girls State being held in Salem this
week with 169 girls frotn over Oregon are these pretty 'teen-agers
shown ascending the eapitol steps to the house of representatives
chamber. Left to right they are, Jean Kyle. Medford. attorney gen
eral; Jerry Dickey, Vale, state treasurer; Pat Bellmer, Cascade
Locks, governor; Inga Bergan. Park Rose, secretary of state; and
Wanda Thompson, Vale, superintendent of public instruction. The
"lovfrnor" was inaugurated Thursday. (Photo by Don Dill, States
man staff photographer.)
Hall Believes
Dewey Will Be
G.O.P. Winner
NEW YORK, June 17--Gov.
John H. Hall (r) of Oregon said
today he believed Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey would win the republican
presidential nomination.
Asked If he. believed Gov. Earl
Warren of California would accept
second place. Hall replied:
"I think Earl might be willing
to run with Vandenberg 4Sen. Ar
thur Vandenberg of Michigan).
But I don't think he would with
Dewey or (Harold E.) Stassen,
both younger men."
The Oregon governor plans to
go to the capital tomorrow to seek
additional emergency funds for his
flood-ravaged state.
South Salem
Club Discusses
Lights, Lanes
Installation of traffic lights and
pedestrian lanes along South Com
mercial street was discussed in a
meeting -of the South Salem Pro
gress club in the Friends church
Thursday night
The group indicated the pro
gram" will soon be p res en ted to the
city council and state highway
commission and gave a vote of
thanks to the two bodies for their
cooperation on the plan to date.
The club also discussed the
question of offering to the city
council an alternate proposal for a
"setback" parking which was
laDiea Dy me council two years
ago. The plan provided for wid-I
ening streets leading into South
Commercial to permit parallel
parking.
Paul Hendricks. Salem attorn
ey, and club member, stressed the
desirability of maintaining South
Commercial street as a main art
ery of traffic. He suggested that
the Salem Long-Range Planning
commission maintain the street as
a main highway in future plan
ning. Parachutist Rescue
Woman in Mountains
GRANTS PASS. June 17-(P-Opal
Hill, 33, of Cave Junction,
was brought into a hospital today
after two forest service workers.
Cliff Marshall and Bob Nolan,
parachuted to her rescue and car
ried her on a stretcher 11 miles
through the Siskiyou mountains.
She was thrown from her horse
while on a park trip. Hospital at
tendants ftaid she suffered a broken
ankle and bad bruises.
ODD SEIIATOnS
LOST
POUNDDD 1651
Crashes;
Plans Laid for
Developing of
McNary Field
Adequate access to Salem air
port, as well as improved field fa
cilities, are on the city's long range
plan and are included in the $90,
000 match-money allocations ear
marked by the civil aeronautics
authority, City Manager J. L.
Franzen said Thursday.
The $45,0.00 of federal funds for
which the city already has sub
mitted final application would in
clude improvement of 3,500 feet
of access roads, including a strip
of road on airport property, par
allel to South 25th street, to the
west side of the field. The road
would also be straightened.
This statement came following a
letter to the city council from the
Salem long range planning com
mission, urging immediate consid
eration of securing a 50-foot set
back along 25th street. Franzen
said the master airport plan al
ready answered this problem. The
present road has a 40-foot right-of-way.
The $45,000, to be matched by
$35,000 in city money, also would
provide for widening runways,
more taxiways and 10,000 square
feet of apron, as well as addition
al drainage.
Franzen said that fund probably
would be available this year.
Another application, prelimin
ary, is in to CAA for $39,200 of
allotted federal money, to be mat
ched by $30,800 from the city for
the first unit of a three-unit ad
ministration building.
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SPOKANE, June 17 --Despite
the floods, indications point
to the greatest winter wheat crop
on record in Washington, Oregon
and Idaho this year, the manager
of the Pacific Northwest Grain
Dealers' association said today.
Queen of Cherryland Festival
Will Be Selected at 8 Tonight
Nine Marion and Polk county
high school girls will compete to
night for the honor of reigning
as queen of the 1948 Salem Cher
ryland festival. A program, which
will feature short talks by the
princesses, will begin at 8 p.m.
at the Salem high school auditor
ium. The girls will be judged 40 per
cent on poise, 40 per cent on ap
pearance and 20 per cent on their
&lks, on topics of their own choos
ing. Each will be Introduced by
her student body president, who
wiU draw for the seating arrange
ment and tne order of presenta
tion. v
The princesses will appear for
the first time In their new formal
dresses, identical except as to col
or. Charles Barclay wiU be master
of ceremonies for the program
and will introduce Sidney L. Stev
The Oregon Skrtosnum, Salem, Oxwaon.
43 Die
Claims
Rampant
In G.O.P.
Br D. Harold Oliver
PHILADELPHIA, June 17-(P)-Conventi
on-conscious Philadelphia
heard Harold E. Stassen roar into
town today behind a horn-blowing
motorcade.
The sandy - haired Minnesotan
precipitated an immediate contro
versy over the republican presi
dential nomination. He told an
early morning news conference
that he would be third man on
the first ballot but repeated he
would win by the ninth.
In return supporters of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey predicted nom
ination of the New Yorker on an
"early ballot."
Tart Victory Claimed
Backers of Senator Robert A.
Taft claimed that while the Ohioan
and Dewey would be about equal
on the first ballot, Taft would show
greater "reserve strength" and
would go on to victory on or be
fore the seventh roll call.
With delegates and party big
wigs arriving in increasing num
bers, there were other develop
ments. For example: A platform com
mittee under the chairmanship of
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.,
of Massachusetts immediately ran
into a row over the civil rights and
race issue.
James S. Kemper, party treas
urer, reported an $80,0,000 surplus
in me war cnest.
Stassen arrived early with his
wife and two children and drove
to his hotel between a police escort
and a noisy caravan that disturbed
late sleepers.
In a Fight to Win'
He told reporters:
"I am here to lead the liberal
and younger forces of the repub
lican party in a fight to win," he
said. "I expect to be in third place
on, ,the first ballot nd in first
place on the last."
Of the possible candidacy of
Sen ' .Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan, Stassen replied:
"I consider Senator Vandenberg
to be one of the outstanding states
men of the republican party. I
make no attempt to anticipate what
his moves will be in this con
vention." U; N. Security
Force Sent
To Palestine
LAKE SUCCESS, June 17-UP)-The
United Nations disclosed to
day 50 members of its headquar
ters security force are being flown
to Palestine for emergency duty.
This represents the first time a
uniformed U. N. force of any kind
has been assigned to assist in the
world organization's peace proj
ects abroad.
While the 50-man detachment is
not an international military force
in the strict sense of the term, it
does constitute at least a step tow
ard a world police force.
The guards will be placed under
orders of Count Folke Bernadotte,
U. N. Palestine mediator.
Aiimsville 'Phone
Hearing on July 1
Hearing on an application by the
Aumsville Mutual Telephone com
pany for increased rates will be
conducted by the state public util
ities commission at the Aumsville
city hall July 1 at 9:30 a.m.
The company requested the up
ward revision June 9. An order,
written Friday by Public Utilities
Commissioner John H. Carkin,
suspended the new schedules for
90 days and set the hearing.
ens, festival association president;
Charles Claggett, Cherrians King
Bing, and Mrs. Arthur Wed die,
official chape rone for the royal
court. Music will be provided by
the Salem high school playgrounds
band. Carl Ritchie, who is writing
the script for the July 15-18 cele
bration's Sunday night show, is ar
ranging settings for tonight's pro
gram. Following the presentations,
while judges from outside of Mar
lon and Polk counties are deciding
the winner, a 30-minute revue will
be presented by students of the
Armstrong dancing school. Stevens
will announce the name of the
queen.
Admission will be limited to
those with festival buttons, which
may be obtained at the door to
night. As last year, these will pro
vide admission to most festival
events.
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Friday, June 18, 1948
irafftt ppinieinits
Passage p Ktopes
Adjourns
Here's Status This Morning
WASHINGTON, June 18.-(Friday)HP)-Here is the status of
important bills pending in congress:
DRAFT Two-year service bill passed by senate, one-year
measure with many amendments up for house vote today.
HOUSING Taft - Ellender - Wagner bill passed by senate.
House bill, without T-E-W's public housing features, awaiting vote.
FOREIGN AID Senate-house conferees seeking compromise
between $6,125,710,228 senate appropriation and smaller sum voted
by house.
FARM House has passed bill extending present farm support
program. Senate last night passed bill setting up permanent sup
port program.
ANTI-COMMUNIST Mundt-Nixon bill passed by house, ap
parently dead in senate.
DISPACED PERSONS Compromise bill admitting 205,000
D. P.'s orphans and refugees from Czechoslovakia submitted to both
houses by conference committee.
OLEO TAX REPEAL Passed by house, outlook doubtful in
senate.
CIVIL RIGHTS President Truman's entire program apparent
ly sidetracked.
PAY RAISE FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES On senate "must"
list, leaders say "good possibility" of house action.
AID TO SCHOOLS Passed by senate, apparently dead in
house.
Maybe It Would Be a Good Idea
Just to Sleep Through 'em Both
By Francis J. Kelly
WASHINGTON. June 17 -(P)-You've
got to make up your mind
by next Wednesday night.
Then tune in your radjo.
Which will it be? i
Hil::?" YZ'W
championship fight, or the repub
lican presidential nominating ses
sion? They're on at exactly the
same time.
No indecision now. No nervous
punching of first one station but
ton, then another. Because if you
do, you're likely to hear some
thing like this:
"That fearless statesman, that
grand American, that undaunted
champion . . .
. . comes out of his corner,
crouching like a hungry panther.
He nervously flicks out a left at
the . . ."
". . . reciprocal trade agreements
act. We must take the stand, we
will take that stand, that any such
revision must conform to . . ."
. . rules of the New York state
athletic commission. Here comes a
long looping left from Jersey Joe.
It staggered the champ for a mo
ment but he's . .
National Guard
Spends Day in
Rifle Practice
ASTORIA, June 17. -OP) -The!
annual encampment of the Oregon
t..: i -i i
National Guard was underway to
day, with fewer than the expected
2,000 officers and men.
A total of 1,372 enlisted men
anJ 198 officers had registered by
late yesterday. They spent today
in rifle practice.
National guard, reserve and re
cruiting offices in Salem were ex
periencing no rush Thursday by
men seeking to beat the draft, they
reported. However, the opportun
ity was there, with immediate
transportation to the national
guard encampment available.
Brig. Gen. Raymond Olson, as
sistant adjutant general, sent word
that persons desiring to enlist may
apply either at the armory, 398
Ferry st., or at room 412, state of
fice building.
The guardsmen are now in
summer encampment at Camp
Clatsop, where the actual enlist
ment must be made.
Navy Mother's Club
To Meet in Seattle
SEATTLE, June 17 -UP) - The
ISth national convention of the
Navy Mother's club will be held
here June 21-25 with 500- women
scheduled to attend.
LEGION ASKS UMT PLANK
PHILADELPHIA, June 17-(P-American
Legion spokesmen called
upon the republican party today
to write in its platform a plank
pledging the party to support uni
versal military training.
TWO KILLED IN CXASH
RJT2TVTLLE, Wasb June 17-6P)
A two-place training plane crash
ed in i whut field six miles
southwest of here today, killing
George Rehn, 19, and Richard
Kautz, both of Lind, Wash.
SALEM PKECIPrrATION
(fres Spt- 1 tm Jo II)
This Year
Lact Tear
Average
Pric 5c
. . boring from within, cutting
away the American heritage which
. . . he's down, he's up, he's
down, he's up . . .
Valley VoVg wkreuT ath
u : i s
ers fought the battle of . . .
"The battle of the century, folks!
It looks like Joe . . ."
. . may pick up Pennsylvania
and most of the California dele
gation on the third ballot, but . .
'. . . only a few seconds until
the bell . .
"We will not be frightened by
the grimaces of any potential ene
my. We stand four-square for . . ."
"... a good solid right to the
kisser. It has the big boy in the
purple trunks pawing limply at
,t
. .Senator Taft and Governor
Dewey. Any moment now the great
decision may be made, and" . .
. . present the winner and new
champion . . ."
. . wish to thank my loyal
su porters for this . . .
"Hello maw! I'm glad I won!"
Senate's Plan
Would Vary
Parity Prices
WASHINGTON, June 17 - (vP)
The revised parity formula which
the senate approved tonight gen-
! ,urrUre pm, pr.ee
! of field crops and raise those of
livestock and dairy products.
The agriculture committee re
ported that its final adoption
would have this effect on the par
ity price of a few selected com
modities, computed as of May 15
Formula
New
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143
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... 16.J0
.. 4. IS
Formula
Old
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4.00
Com. bu.
Wheat, bu.
Hop. 100 lb.
Bef cattle. 100 Iba
Milk. 100 lbs
BUTTER UP TODAY
PORTLAND, June 17-(JP)-But-
ter prices will go up 1 cent a pound
tomorrow, distributors said today.
The increase reflects changes In
other Pacific coast markets.
Coverage
Geared fo
.YOU...
That's what The Oregeo
Statesman has arranged in con
nection with the Republican
National convention.
The immense facilities of The
Associated Press, to which this
newspaper has full access, wiU
be' supplemented by daily col
umns from Joseph and Stewart
Alsep, the outstanding writing
duo of the New York Herald
Trlbnae, and from Ytrlaa Ke
Mmrtrey, Oregon alternate and
chairman of Multnomah county
Young; Republicans, who will
writ of the Oregon delegation
exclusively for The SUtesnaaW
A call today to Salem till
will start YOUK HOME NEWS
PAPER In time to bring you the
full proceedings.
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Weather
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Willamette river .It of a foot. v
FORECAST (from VS. weather bu
reau, McNarjr field. Salem): Partly
cloudy today and tonight with allirhtly
warmer afternoon temperatures. High
today "0. low tonight 94. Continued
favorable weather for all farm work
tn morning and early afternoon. t-
No. 14
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By Ed Creagh I
WASHINGTON, June Vt-JPfl
Roaring arguments in congress to4
night threatened death for the
draft and other major legislation.!
The house, amid scenes of biU
tern ess, tacked an amendment ts
the proposed selective service bin
postponing any induction until af
ter Jan. 31, 1949.
Then Rep. Marcantonio (AL
NY), a Henry Wallace backer and
foe of any draft bill, blocked lead-,
ers attempts to get a final vote on
the measure tonight. iThe hou
recessed until tomorrow, with the
fate of the measure very much in
doubt. -
Senate Passes Farm Bfll J
The senate struggled on foil
hours. It passed, 79 to 3, a long
range farm bill, revising the pres-;
ent system of government sup-J
ports for farm prices.? This now
goes to the house, which has voted
an 18-mor.th extension of the
present support program, which
Fadl
i ir.e ena oi uus year.
Leaders hope for a quick agree
ment between the two chambers.
(Under the present program the
government supports prices of ma4
jor farm products by purchase or
grants. In most cases at 90 pee
cent of "parity." Under the pro
posed long range program, prices
would be supported at varying -percentages
of parity," depending
on supply). ,
Defense Fund Approved
The senate, in about seven min -'
utes flat, approved a $0,915,676,.
052 fund for the army, air force
and related defense agencies. This
now goes to the house, which
voted $405,737,052 less i
At 10:31. EST, the weary sen
ators knocked off fort the ; night.
Earlier, a senate-house confer
ence committee reached a compro
mise on the much-debated issue cf
displaced persons to allow 205,000
homeless Europeans Into, this
country in the next two years. The
bill is subject to senate and .house
ratification. j.
Plenty of controversies remain
ed. The situation was such that
republican leaders said It was
"somewhat doubtful whether con
gress can quit work for the year
on Saturday right as planned, i
Recess Plan Broaehed . I
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said con
gress would remain in session, tak
ing a recess for the republican
national convention next week, if
an attempt is made to kill the draft
by filibustecas threatened by Sen
a tor Taylor (D-Idaho); I
And Secretary of State Mar
shall, in a statement made public
in connection with the" turbulent
house debate on the draft bill, said
any backing away from "our pres- .
ent line of action for the security. M
of the United States" might brine;
war. He held a secret session with
the house military affairs commit
tee earlier in the day. j
An angry congress i today also
overrode the third presidential
veto in four day.: a new record.
By a vote of 297 to 102 the house
joined the senate which yesterday
overrode Mr. Truman's rejection
of the Bulwinkle bill which lets
railroads make rate agreements,
under certain circumstances, with
out fear of the anti-trust laws.
Columbia Basin $45,312,090!
Final tabulation of the compro
mise 1949 interior department ap
propriation bill tonight showed
that it totals $407,836,974. The
measure, which still must go to the
house and senate for approval, in
cludes Columbia basin $45,312,000;
Deschutes, Ore, $580,000; Owyhee.
Ore $150,000; Yakima, Roza di
vision, Wash., $1,298,650.
Both house and senate approved!
installation of hydroelectric power
generating facilities at the propos
ed Detroit dam, as part of the riv
ers and harbors flood control om
nibus bill, Salem Chamber of Com
merce was notified Thursday by
Sen. Guy Cordon-
The funds for the installation,
estimated to require $19,030,000,
were added earlier by the senate
to the house bill. Both chambers
accepted the conference commit
tee's report on the bill, j -
Fritz Kuhn Caught;
Faces 10-Year Term
MUNICH. June 17f- (ff) - lrits
Kuhn, deported -German-American
bund chief, was recaptured
while trying to get a license to
operate a chemist's laboratory,
police disclosed today. He escaped
while waiting trial as a "major
nazi offender and Is under a 10
year sentence. ;
The 52-year-old Kuhn was con
victed In the- United States od
charges of embezzling bund funds
and deported to Germany in De
cember, 1945. . .
Fir Cat Increases T.
In Spite of Floods ;
PORTLAND. June 17-VDe-
spite the slowdown caused by
floods and a boommen's strike.
Douglas fir lumber production so
far this year Is still ahead of last
year at the same time, the West
Coast Lumbermen's association
said today, r .
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